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Patron Acquitted Of Brawling Accusation With Restauranteur
posted (February 23, 2016)
It made our newscast in July of 2014 when Darwin Heredia, the manager of a resort in Caye Caulker, was accused by a waitress in a Restaurant that he assaulted her while he was in her workplace. Well, Heredia is free of that accusation tonight.

The incident supposedly happened on July 10, 2014 at Chops Restaurant and Bar, located on Newtown Barracks. The complainant, Martha Lopez, told police at that time Heredia and his companion, Shannon Martinez attacked her, and that Martinez allegedly threw a chair at her. Heredia was additionally accused of brawling with the on-duty security guard who was injured while trying to get the situation under control.

Well, the complainant, Martha Lopez showed up to Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer's court room and told the court that she wants no further court action.

As a result, that charge against Heredia has been struck out of court.



Hattieville Police And Mahogany Heights Community

Viewers are very familiar with the fact that in the second half of 2015, Eastern Division Police started to roll out their community policing initiative. But, because the press is based mostly in Belize City, you don't see much of the community policing work that these officers do in other parts of the country.

Well, this weekend, Hattieville Police were in Mahogany Heights trying to work with the at risk youth in that community, to show them that they don't have to be adversarial with officers of the law.

Yesterday, the Commander of the Hattieville Police Station told us how it went:



ED North Awarded Their Hardworking Cops

And while Eastern Division Rural police were focusing on trying to show the youths of Mahogany Heights to make the right choices, the Cops from Eastern Division North were awarding their officers who's been doing just that.

Often times, the bad decisions that police make are highlights, and so, the good work that majority of the police do, mostly goes unnoticed. Well, on Friday Night, the police held a Red and White Gala event to celebrate the unsung heroes within the department.

Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, the Public Relations Officer for Eastern Division North told us that the event was a success:

The number of awardees are too numerous to list off, but we intend post all of them on our internet transcript, for public consumption.







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